In part two of Lee Groves’ Canastota journal, RingTV.com’s resident “Travelin’ Man” takes us into days two and three of the International Boxing Hall of Fame weekend celebration, even taking in an ESPN2 card for kicks.

Ahead of his ring return on Tuesday on Fox Sports 1, Antonio Tarver, who meets Mike Sheppard in a heavyweight bout, spoke with RingTV.com about what he’s been up to and also took part in the “Best I Fought” series.

Antonio Tarver weighed 221 pounds for his heavyweight bout on Tuesday against Mike Sheppard, who weighed 227.6 pounds for the Golden Boy Live! main event on Fox Sports 1. “This is my re-introduction to the boxing world,” said Tarver.

Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer plans to have Canelo Alvarez fight three times in 2014. Puerto Rican star Miguel Cotto and middleweight champ Sergio Martinez are among the top opponent considerations for Alvarez.

Polish-born light heavyweight prospect Andrzej Fonfara fights in his adopted hometown of Chicago against former titleholder Gabriel Campillo in the main event of this week’s Friday Night Fights. The fight is the definition of a crossroads bout.

Coming off a TKO loss to Andre Ward in his last bout, Chad Dawson – who has been an uneven performer in the ring – knows that he can’t afford a lackluster fight against Adonis Stevenson on HBO on Saturday.

IBF super middleweight beltholder and THE RING’s No. 1-rated 168 pounder Carl Froch has the home advantage on Saturday against THE RING’s No. 2-rated super middleweight Mikkel Kessler, who win their first clash by unanimous decision.

“I keep saying ‘I’m different’ because it is true and I’m going to prove it once again on July 13,” said 48-year-old Bernard Hopkins, referring to his upcoming fight with Karo Murat, who is 19 years younger.

If he gets beyond a mandatory title defense against Karo Murat in July, IBF light heavyweight beltholder Bernard Hopkins would like to face Carl Froch or Lucian Bute. (This story also contains a video of Hopkins accepting Gennady Golovkin’s challenge.)

Andre Ward on Bernard Hopkins: “You know, I think this is the first time that I’ve seen Bernard Hopkins get embraced from the beginning of an event to the end of an event. But, I mean, look how long it took.”

In becoming the oldest man to win a major boxing title in addition to becoming a 175-pound beltholder for the third time in his career, Bernard Hopkins says he is the antithesis to athletes like Lance Armstrong.

Tavoris Cloud on Bernard Hopkins’ outfit at Wednesday’s press conference: “It was funny to just turn around and to just see a grown man with a ski mask on standing there and not saying nothing to nobody.”